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Shake, Rattle & Rock! [DVD](1994) DVD This remake of the '50s AIP musical features Renee Zellweger as a young teen who decides to open her own rock 'n' roll club along with a friend to showcase her new band. She encounters stiff opposition, however, when a group of uptight parents who believe that the music is a bad influence on their children try to shut her down. Howie Mandel, Max Perlich and John Doe co-star. 83 min.
Empire Records: Remix!: Special Fan Edition [DVD](1995) DVD The funky young staff of an independent record store in Delaware try to keep the struggling business afloat while pursuing their own dreams in this hip "Generation X" seriocomedy. Liv Tyler, Ethan Randall, Robin Tunney, Renee Zellweger and Anthony LaPaglia star; music by The Cranberries, Cracker, Toad the Wet Sprocket and others. 91 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; deleted scenes; music videos; filmographies; theatrical trailer.
Jerry Maguire (Special Edition) [DVD](1996) DVD Writer/director Cameron Crowe's hit seriocomic look at the high-pressure business side of pro sports stars Tom Cruise as a top athletic agent who speaks out against greed in sports...and is promptly fired. With only a flamboyant NFL player (Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr.) left as a client, Cruise tries to rebuild his career while at the same time falling for pretty assistant Renee Z ellweger. With Kelly Preston, Bonnie Hunt. 139 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital stereo, French Dolby Digital stereo, Portuguese Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, T
The Bachelor [DVD](1999) DVD Commitment-phobe Chris O'Donnell is told he'll inherit $100 million if he marries by 6:05 p.m. on his 30th birthday. Problem is, that leaves him just 27 hours to get hitched, and girlfriend Renee Zellweger, recipient of a botched prior proposal from O'Donnell, has turned him down. Follow his comical quest to find a bride in this romantic romp, an updating of Buster Keaton's 1925 film "Seven Chances." James Cromwell, Mariah Carey, Brooke Shields and Peter Ustinov also star. 102 min. Widescreen (Enhanced) and Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; DVD-ROM content; theatrical trailer; more.
Nurse Betty [DVD](2000) DVD This unpredictable, darkly comic road fantasy from director Neil LaBute ("Your Friends and Neighbors") centers on Renee Zellweger, a Kansas waitress who becomes delusional after witnessing her husband's murder and heads to Hollywood to meet soap opera actor Greg Kinnear, whom she believes is a real doctor and her long-lost true love. Trailing her are Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock, the hit men behind Zellweger's hubby's death. With Crispin Glover, Aaron Eckhart. 110 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary by LaBute, Rock; theatrical trailer; TV spots; deleted scenes; soap opera episodes; DVD-ROM content; scene access.
Me, Myself & Irene [DVD](2000) DVD In this comedy from the Farrelly Brothers, Jim Carrey is Charlie, a Rhode Island state trooper whose anger is so repressed that he develops another personality, the maniacal Hank. When Charlie gets the nod to escort Renee Zellweger, a crook's ex-girlfriend, to New York, they must dodge crooks and crooked cops while Carrey's alter egos battle for Irene's hand. With Chris Cooper, Robert Forster and Anna Kournikova. 116 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by the Farrelly brothers; deleted scenes; "making of" featurette; music video; theatrical trailers; TV spots; scene access.
Bridget Jones's Diary [DVD](2001) DVD Armed with a British accent and 20 well-placed extra pounds, Renee Zellweger plays the title role (Bridget, not the diary) in this witty romantic comedy based on Helen Fielding's popular novel. As a thirtysomething working girl in a London publishing company, Zellweger sets out to overcome her vices and her "singleton" status, but cannot choose between handsomely caddish boss Hugh Grant and handsomely stuffy lawyer Colin Firth. With Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent. 97 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary; featurette; music video; deleted scenes.
White Oleander [DVD](2002) DVD When her mother, charismatic and sociopathic poet Michelle Pfeiffer, is sent to jail for killing her lover in a fit of rage, teenager Alison Lohman passes through an array of foster homes--from topless dancer-turned-born-again Christian Robin Wright Penn to B-movie actress Renee Zellweger--as she struggles to find her own identity. Emotional adaptation of Janet Fitch's acclaimed coming-of-age novel also stars Patrick Fugit, Noah Wyle. 110 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary; deleted scenes; featurettes.
Chicago [DVD](2002) DVD All the razzmatazz of the Kander and Ebb/Bob Fosse stage musical is captured in this electrifying film that garnered six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress. Renee Zellweger is a Windy City housewife in the Roaring '20s who dreams of vaudeville stardom. While in the slammer for shooting her lover she meets Catherine Zeta-Jones, a chorus girl serving time for killing her sister and cheating hubby. Both gals are represented by slick lawyer Richard Gere, who plans to swing media attention in their favor with some "razzle dazzle." Songs include "Mr. Cellophane," "Funny Money" and "Class." With John C. Reilly, Queen Latifah. 107 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French; deleted scenes; feature
Down With Love [DVD](2003) DVD In the tradition of the Doris Day-Rock Hudson comedies of the early 1960s comes this effervescent period romantic romp featuring Renee Zellweger as a best-selling New England writer who preaches equal rights for women in the bedroom and the boardroom. Chauvinistic magazine writer Ewan McGregor wants to make mincemeat out of Zellweger and her beliefs, so he plots to seduce her, then write about his conquest. Complicating matters is the fact that Zellweger's publisher has arranged for her to be interviewed by McGregor. David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson and Tony Randall also star. 94 min.
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